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Sun Y, Ng MK, Chao TYS, He S, Mok SH. The impact of place attachment on well-being for older people in high-density urban environment: a qualitative study. J Aging Soc Policy 2024; 36:241-261. [PMID: 35957602 DOI: 10.1080/08959420.2022.2111168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2021] [Accepted: 05/03/2022] [Indexed: 10/15/2022]
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Aging in place has become a popular social policy worldwide. This paper argues that well-being is an important outcome of aging in place, upon which older people develop autonomy and environmental proactivity. The temporal dimension of aging in place highlights development of place attachment, which includes place identity and place dependence. The study explores how older people, who live inhigh-density urban environments, make sense of well-being and place attachment by articulating their daily lives. Community dwelling older people aged 65 and above, who came from neighborhoods with high aging population and residential density but high and low median household incomes, were invited for focus group discussions. Multifaceted meanings of well-being include various dimensions that cover individual-collective and material-spiritual (psychological) construct. Meanings of place attachment include values of, bonding ties to, and memories about places. Three pathways are identified linking place attachment and multifaceted well-being. The study finds that social welfare and material richness are not the only determinants of well-being. Fulfillment of higher psychological needs, such as positive evaluation of life and self-actualization, should be emphasized by which older people can make the most of their life in old age.
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- Yi Sun
- Department of Building and Real Estate, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
- Research Institute for Land and Space, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
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- Department of Geography and Resource Management, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- Department of Urban Planning and Design, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- Social Infrastructure for Equity and Wellbeing (SIEW) Lab, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- Department of Building and Real Estate, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
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McLaren T, Peter LJ, Tomczyk S, Muehlan H, Schomerus G, Schmidt S. The differential influence of self-construal on the effect of self-efficacy on the help-seeking process: A quasi-experimental online study among people with untreated depressive symptoms. Acta Psychol (Amst) 2024; 242:104119. [PMID: 38157750 DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2023.104119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2023] [Revised: 12/19/2023] [Accepted: 12/19/2023] [Indexed: 01/03/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Despite available professional healthcare, people often delay or avoid help-seeking. Understanding the underlying reasons is crucial and research has explored the role of self-efficacy in this context. Additionally, studies have highlighted the significance of culturally influenced self-construals in individuals' health behaviour. There seems to be a relationship between self-efficacy and self-construal. The aim of the study is to explore the influence of self-efficacy on help-seeking, considering self-construal as a moderator. Differential experiences of self-efficacy and varying associations among help-seeking variables based on self-construal are posited. METHODS A quasi-experimental online study is conducted with a baseline assessment, including self-efficacy interventions, and follow-ups at three and six months. Self-construal groups are compared, i.e., independent vs. interdependent individuals. A series of multi-group path analyses are conducted to examine potential variations in the interventional effects and among the help-seeking variables respective of help-seeking instance, i.e. professional mental health care or informal care. Self-construal functions as the global moderator. RESULTS The study included N = 1'368 participants, 65.6 % identifying as female and an average age of 42.38 (SD = 15.22). More independent compared to more interdependent individuals were older, more frequently identified as male, had higher socioeconomic status, fewer depressive symptoms, and greater self-efficacy. Multi-group path analyses for professional mental health care (CFI = 0.992, RMSEA = 0.018, SRMR = 0.004) and informal help (CFI = 0.999, RMSEA = 0.004, SRMR = 0.006) demonstrated excellent model fits. The analysis for informal help was interpretable, as the unconstrained model had a significantly better fit than the constrained model. There were varying associations among help-seeking variables based on self-construals. The intervention effect was differential, with independent participants benefiting significantly (β = 0.203), while the effect was non-significant for interdependent participants. DISCUSSION The study's findings, strengths, and limitations are discussed in relation to current research. Results indicate differential experiences of self-efficacy interventions based on individuals' self-construal. Moreover, varying associations among help-seeking variables suggest self-construal-based differences in their interrelationships. These findings highlight the importance of considering self-construal in health related research.
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- Thomas McLaren
- Department of Health and Prevention, Institute of Psychology, University of Greifswald, Germany.
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical Faculty, University Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Health and Prevention, Institute of Psychology, University of Greifswald, Germany
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- Department of Health and Prevention, Institute of Psychology, University of Greifswald, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical Faculty, University Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Health and Prevention, Institute of Psychology, University of Greifswald, Germany
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Garrison KE, Rivera GN, Schlegel RJ, Hicks JA, Schmeichel BJ. Authentic for Thee But Not for Me: Perceived Authenticity in Self-Control Conflicts. PERSONALITY AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY BULLETIN 2023; 49:1646-1662. [PMID: 35983645 DOI: 10.1177/01461672221118187] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Is self-control authentic? Across several hypothetical scenarios, participants perceived impulsive actions as more authentic for others (Study 1a) but self-control as more authentic for themselves (Study 1b). Study 2 partially replicated this asymmetry. Study 3 accounted for behavior positivity because self-control was typically the more positive action in the previous studies. Study 4 minimized the influence of positivity by framing the same behaviors as either impulsive or controlled; impulsive actions were deemed more authentic than self-control, but only for other people. An internal meta-analysis controlling for behavior positivity revealed that (a) more positive behaviors are more authentic, and (b) impulsive actions are more authentic than self-controlled actions, especially for others. This actor-observer asymmetry suggests that, even in the face of a strong tendency to perceive positive actions as authentic, there exists a competing tendency to view others' impulsive actions as more authentic than self-control.
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Wang Y, Zhang C, Zhou Y. Reconstructing self from the illness: a constructivist grounded theory study of posttraumatic growth in patients with Crohn's disease. BMC Gastroenterol 2023; 23:244. [PMID: 37464276 DOI: 10.1186/s12876-023-02878-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2023] [Accepted: 07/10/2023] [Indexed: 07/20/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Some patients with Crohn's disease report posttraumatic growth, which can promote reductions in anxiety and depression, and improve the patient's quality of life. However, the process of posttraumatic growth remains unclear. The objectives of this study were to explore the social-psychological process of posttraumatic growth in patients with Crohn's disease in the context of Chinese culture and construct an interpretive understanding based on the perspectives of patients. METHODS This research adopted Charmaz's constructivist grounded theory. Nineteen participants with Crohn's disease were selected by purposive and theoretical sampling from three hospitals in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, as well as from the China Crohn's & Colitis Foundation. In-depth interviews were conducted. Data analysis was based on initial, focused and theoretical coding strategies, and methods such as constant comparison and memo writing were adopted. The Consolidated Criteria for Reporting Qualitative Research, a 32-item checklist for interviews and focus groups, was utilised. RESULTS An interpretive understanding of posttraumatic growth in patients with Crohn's disease was constructed. The core category was "reconstructing self from the illness", which included the following four categories: "suffering from the illness", "accepting the illness", "dancing with the illness" and "enriching life beyond the illness". However, not every patient reached the last phase. Before patients enter the next stage, they might begin a new cycle by experiencing new suffering or discovering new unacceptable facts about the illness. CONCLUSIONS This interpretive understanding reveals a growth process centred on "reconstructing self from the illness". These findings provide knowledge on the process of posttraumatic growth in patients with Crohn's disease within the wider sociocultural context.
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- Ying Wang
- School of Nursing, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, 548 Binwen Road, Binjiang District, Hangzhou, 310053, Zhejiang, China
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- School of Nursing, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, 548 Binwen Road, Binjiang District, Hangzhou, 310053, Zhejiang, China
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- School of Nursing, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, 548 Binwen Road, Binjiang District, Hangzhou, 310053, Zhejiang, China.
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Suszek H, Gabińska A, Kopera M. Effects of Priming Different I-Positions on Motor Behavior. JOURNAL OF CONSTRUCTIVIST PSYCHOLOGY 2023. [DOI: 10.1080/10720537.2023.2194692] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/05/2023]
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- Hubert Suszek
- Faculty of Psychology, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Clinical Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Psychiatry, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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Xiang G, Teng Z, Li Q, Chen H. Self-concept Clarity and Subjective Well-Being: Disentangling Within- and Between-Person Associations. JOURNAL OF HAPPINESS STUDIES 2023; 24:1439-1461. [PMID: 37193058 PMCID: PMC10064969 DOI: 10.1007/s10902-023-00646-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/05/2023] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Previous research has suggested that, among adolescents, clarity about one's self-concept is closely related to subjective well-being. However, longitudinal studies are scarce, and whether a clear self-concept is the cause or effect of subjective well-being remains unclear. This study examined the dynamic longitudinal associations between self-concept clarity and subjective well-being at the between- and within-person levels over a one-year time span among adolescents (baseline Mage = 16.01 years; 57.0% girls) from China. The data were collected in three waves (each at a six-month interval), in which adolescents reported their self-concept clarity and well-being (i.e., positive and negative affect and personal satisfaction with life). Both Random Intercept Cross-Lagged Panel Models (RI-CLPMs) and Cross-Lagged Panel Models (CLPMs) were applied to examine the stability, cross-sectional relationships, and cross-lagged effects between adolescents' self-concept clarity and subjective well-being over time. The CLPMs provided unique support for a reciprocal relations model of self-concept clarity and subjective well-being (including both cognitive and emotional well-being) across three time points, although the results of traditional CLPM might represent an unknown blend of between- and within-person effects. However, the RI-CLPM analyses provided tentative support only for cross-sectional correlations between self-concept clarity and well-being outcomes. Our findings advance the literature by elucidating longitudinal relationships between self-concept clarity and subjective well-being in collectivist cultural contexts using CLPM and RI-CLPM.
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- Guangcan Xiang
- Tian Jiabing College of Education, China Three Gorges University, Yichang, 443002 China
- School of Psychology, Southwest University, Tiansheng Road No. 2, Chongqing, 400715 China
- Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality, Ministry of Education, Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400715 China
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- School of Psychology, Southwest University, Tiansheng Road No. 2, Chongqing, 400715 China
- Research Center of Mental Health Education, Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400715 China
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- School of Psychology, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, 430079 China
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- School of Psychology, Southwest University, Tiansheng Road No. 2, Chongqing, 400715 China
- Key Laboratory of Cognition and Personality, Ministry of Education, Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400715 China
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Choi H, Oishi S. Cultural Variations in Perceived Partner Responsiveness: The Role of Self-Consistency. JOURNAL OF CROSS-CULTURAL PSYCHOLOGY 2023. [DOI: 10.1177/00220221221132786] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Past research has shown that perceived partner responsiveness (PPR) is a key process contributing to individual and relational outcomes and identified dispositional, relational, and situational factors that can influence it. However, little is known about how cultural factors play a role in the process of PPR. In Studies 1 ( n = 4,041) and 2 ( n = 414), we examined whether the degree of PPR differs across cultures by comparing European Americans and East Asians. We found that East Asians are less likely to experience perceived responsiveness from others than European Americans (Cohen’s d = 1.11–1.25 for Study 1 and Cohen’s d = 0.23 for Study 2). Furthermore, we found that self-consistency explained the cultural difference in PPR, indicating that East Asians underperceived partner responsiveness compared with European Americans because they behave less consistently across social situations. We conclude by highlighting the importance of exploring the process of PPR from a cultural perspective.
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Kim Y, Lee Y, Yang E. Vocational Identity of Emerging Adults: The Inter-Relationships of Vocational Identity Dimensions. JOURNAL OF ADULT DEVELOPMENT 2023. [DOI: 10.1007/s10804-023-09438-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Rivera M, Gore JS. The Role of Self-Construal in Child Rearing: A Relational-Physical Comparison. PSYCHOLOGICAL STUDIES 2023. [DOI: 10.1007/s12646-022-00703-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Zeb F, Wang Q, Shahjehan A. Hypocrisy is the tribute that vice pays to virtue: Dynamics of perceived organization hypocrisy and job embeddedness in the hospitality industry. Front Psychol 2023; 13:1036320. [PMID: 36710758 PMCID: PMC9881480 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1036320] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2022] [Accepted: 11/23/2022] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, hospitality institutions are striving for legitimacy, which leads them to organizational hypocrisy, generating perceptions of inducement breach, future anxiety, and ultimately reduced Job Embeddedness. This study has identified industry and environmental situation-specific constructs in a mutual relationship to fill a theoretical gap. An electronic survey of 2100 frontline employees was administered among which 842 completed surveys were retained for analysis. The validity of the measures and the absence of common method bias were established. SPSS PROCESS was used to compute the serial mediation effects. Contrary to existing knowledge, the results of this study indicate that organizational hypocrisy increases employee job embeddedness. Three reasons identified for this result are Asian culture sample, prevalence of COVID-19 pandemic, and the necessity of hypocrisy emphasized by scholars. The study also presents an underlying mechanism that makes this relationship negative through perceived inducement breach and future anxiety. This study focuses on HOW and IF organizational hypocrisy has detrimental effects, thus adding empirical evidence to otherwise exploratory literature. For hospitality industry, employees are an irreplaceable resource that provides competitive advantages; they need to align their values with that of their employees by word and actions or risk losing them.
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- Faheem Zeb
- Business School, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China
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- Business School, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China,*Correspondence: Qingjin Wang
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- Department of Management Sciences, Hazara University, Mansehra, Pakistan
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Bogaerts A, Claes L, Raymaekers K, Buelens T, Bastiaens T, Luyckx K. Trajectories of adaptive and disturbed identity dimensions in adolescence: developmental associations with self-esteem, resilience, symptoms of depression, and borderline personality disorder features. Front Psychiatry 2023; 14:1125812. [PMID: 37168080 PMCID: PMC10165116 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1125812] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2022] [Accepted: 04/06/2023] [Indexed: 05/13/2023] Open
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To advance our understanding of adolescents' identity formation and how it may play into their psychological functioning, this study investigated developmental trajectory classes of adaptive and disturbed dimensions of identity formation, and whether adolescents belonging to different trajectory classes develop differently on self-esteem, resilience, symptoms of depression, and borderline personality disorder (BPD) features. Three-wave longitudinal data from 2,123 Flemish adolescents was used (54.2% girls; Mage = 14.64, range = 12-18 at T1). Results pointed to four trajectory classes of identity formation: adaptive identity, identity progression, identity regression, and diffused identity. The adaptive identity class presented with stable high levels of self-esteem and resilience, and stable low levels of symptoms of depression and BPD, whereas opposite results were obtained for the diffused identity class. The identity progression class reported an increase in self-esteem and resilience as well as a decrease in symptoms of depression and BPD, whereas opposite results were obtained for the identity regression class. These results emphasize that adaptive and disturbed dimensions of identity formation are closely related to markers of well-being and psychopathology among adolescents, and could help identify adolescents with an increased risk for negative psychological functioning or increased opportunity for positive psychological functioning.
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- Annabel Bogaerts
- Department of Clinical Developmental Psychology, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- *Correspondence: Annabel Bogaerts,
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- Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
- Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
- Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek, Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
- University Psychiatric Centre, KU Leuven, Kortenberg, Belgium
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- Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
- UNIBS, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa
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Ramos J, Grant MD, Dickert S, Eom K, Flores A, Jiga-Boy GM, Kogut T, Mayorga M, Pedersen EJ, Pereira B, Rubaltelli E, Sherman DK, Slovic P, Västfjäll D, Van Boven L. Structured reflection increases intentions to reduce other people's health risks during COVID-19. PNAS NEXUS 2022; 1:pgac218. [PMID: 36712345 PMCID: PMC9802473 DOI: 10.1093/pnasnexus/pgac218] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2022] [Accepted: 09/27/2022] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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People believe they should consider how their behavior might negatively impact other people, Yet their behavior often increases others' health risks. This creates challenges for managing public health crises like the COVID-19 pandemic. We examined a procedure wherein people reflect on their personal criteria regarding how their behavior impacts others' health risks. We expected structured reflection to increase people's intentions and decisions to reduce others' health risks. Structured reflection increases attention to others' health risks and the correspondence between people's personal criteria and behavioral intentions. In four experiments during COVID-19, people (N = 12,995) reported their personal criteria about how much specific attributes, including the impact on others' health risks, should influence their behavior. Compared with control conditions, people who engaged in structured reflection reported greater intentions to reduce business capacity (experiment 1) and avoid large social gatherings (experiments 2 and 3). They also donated more to provide vaccines to refugees (experiment 4). These effects emerged across seven countries that varied in collectivism and COVID-19 case rates (experiments 1 and 2). Structured reflection was distinct from instructions to carefully deliberate (experiment 3). Structured reflection increased the correlation between personal criteria and behavioral intentions (experiments 1 and 3). And structured reflection increased donations more among people who scored lower in cognitive reflection compared with those who scored higher in cognitive reflection (experiment 4). These findings suggest that structured reflection can effectively increase behaviors to reduce public health risks.
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- Jairo Ramos
- Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, USA
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- Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, USA
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- School of Business and Management, Queen Mary University of London, London E1 4N, UK
- Department of Psychology, University of Klagenfurt, 9020 Klagenfurt, Austria
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- School of Social Sciences, Singapore Management University, 81 Victoria St, Singapore 188065
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- Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, USA
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- School of Psychology, Swansea University, Singleton Park, Swansea SA2 8PP, UK
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- Department of Education, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, 653, Beer-Sheva 8410501, Israel
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- Decision Research; University of Oregon, 1585 E, 13th Ave, Eugene, OR 97403, USA
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- Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, USA
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- Department of Marketing, Ivy College of Business, Iowa State University, Gerdin Business Bldg, 2167 Union Dr, Ames, IA 50011, USA
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- Department of Developmental and Social Psychology, University of Padua, Via 8 Febbraio, 2-35122 Padova, Italy
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- Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9660, USA
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- Decision Research; University of Oregon, 1585 E, 13th Ave, Eugene, OR 97403, USA
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- Department of Behavioural Sciences and Learning, Division of Psychology, Linköping University, SE-581 83 Linköping, Sweden
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- Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, USA
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Colman RD, Vione KC, Kotera Y. Psychological risk factors for depression in the UK general population: derailment, self-criticism and self-reassurance. BRITISH JOURNAL OF GUIDANCE & COUNSELLING 2022. [DOI: 10.1080/03069885.2022.2110214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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- Rory D. Colman
- Human Sciences Research Centre, University of Derby, Derby, UK
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- Human Sciences Research Centre, University of Derby, Derby, UK
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- Institute of Mental Health, School of Health Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
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Pacheco EM, Parrott E, Oktari RS, Joffe H. How schools can aid children’s resilience in disaster settings: The contribution of place attachment, sense of place and social representations theories. Front Psychol 2022; 13:1004022. [PMID: 36172233 PMCID: PMC9512072 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1004022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2022] [Accepted: 08/23/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Disasters incurred by natural hazards affect young people most. Schools play a vital role in safeguarding the wellbeing of their pupils. Consideration of schools’ psychosocial influence on children may be vital to resilience-building efforts in disaster-vulnerable settings. This paper presents an evidence-based conceptualization of how schools are psychosocially meaningful for children and youth in disaster settings. Drawing on Social Representations and Place Attachment Theories, we explore the nature of group-based meaning-making practices and the meanings that emerge concerning school environments in disaster settings. We contribute a novel understanding of how schools may mitigate psychosocial risk for young people by considering how schools are conceptualised at four levels: (1) as physical environment, (2) as social arena, (3) as a place with individual and (4) group-based significance. In each of these domains schools can foster disaster resilience in young people. This paper highlights the evidence concerning the functions of schools beyond their capacity as educational institutions, critically considering their social and physical functions in their communities. This evidence can inform stakeholders involved in disaster resilience building.
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- Emily-Marie Pacheco
- Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology, UCL Division of Psychology and Language Sciences & EPICentre, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology, UCL Division of Psychology and Language Sciences & EPICentre, University College London, London, United Kingdom
- *Correspondence: Elinor Parrott,
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- Tsunami and Disaster Mitigation Research Centre, Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Syiah Kuala, Banda Aceh, Indonesia
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- Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology, UCL Division of Psychology and Language Sciences & EPICentre, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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Thalmayer AG, Saucier G, Rotzinger JS. Absolutism, Relativism, and Universalism in Personality Traits Across Cultures: The Case of the Big Five. JOURNAL OF CROSS-CULTURAL PSYCHOLOGY 2022. [DOI: 10.1177/00220221221111813] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Personality is a broad concept used to organize the myriad ways that people differ psychologically from one another. There is evidence that such differences have been important to humans everywhere, in that personality-relevant terms appear in all known languages. Empirical attempts to identify the most useful individual differences and their structure have emphasized cross-cultural evidence, but rigid adherence to a Big Five model has sometimes meant ignoring heterogenous results. We start with a framework for more precisely defining the universality versus cultural-specificity of personality concepts and models in order to better assess cross-cultural evidence. As this 50th anniversary of the IACCP is also the 50th anniversary of the first large lexical study of personality and more or less of the Big Five model, we take the opportunity to explore both how personality has been studied across contexts using the lexical method, and in 100 articles on personality topics (most using questionnaires) that were identified in the pages of JCCP. Personality articles in JCCP, classified into three types based on their balance of emic and etic components, illustrate larger trends in personality psychology. With the benefit of hindsight, we reflect on what each type has to offer going forward, and we encourage cross-cultural personality psychologists to go beyond imposed etic studies that seek primarily to confirm Western models in other contexts. The kinds of insights that more integrative emic and etic approaches can bring to the study of psychology across cultures are highlighted, and a future research agenda is provided.
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Nguyen B, Leroy H, Gill C, Simons T. Be yourself or adapt yourself? Authenticity, self-monitoring, behavioural integrity, and trust. JOURNAL OF TRUST RESEARCH 2022. [DOI: 10.1080/21515581.2022.2093211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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- Brenda Nguyen
- Management, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Canada
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- Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands
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- Melbourne Business School, The Universtity of Melbourne Carlton, Australia
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- Cornell School of Hotel Administration, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
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Tov W, Wirtz D, Kushlev K, Biswas-Diener R, Diener E. Well-Being Science for Teaching and the General Public. PERSPECTIVES ON PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE 2022; 17:1452-1471. [PMID: 35436131 DOI: 10.1177/17456916211046946] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Research on well-being has exploded in recent years to more than 55,000 relevant publications annually, making it difficult for psychologists-including key communicators such as textbook authors-to stay current with this field. Moreover, well-being is a daily concern among policymakers and members of the general public. Well-being science is relevant to the lives of students-illustrating the diverse methods used in the behavioral sciences, presenting highly replicated findings, and demonstrating the diversity of individuals and cultures. Therefore, in this article, we present eight major findings that teachers and authors should seriously consider in their coverage of this field. These topics include processes such as adaptation, influences such as income, the benefits of well-being, and cultural and societal diversity in well-being and its causes. We also examine how much these topics were covered in 15 of the most popular introductory psychology textbooks. Although some topics such as social relationships and well-being were discussed in nearly all textbooks, others were less frequently covered, including the validity of self-reported well-being, the effects of spending on happiness, and the impact of culture and society on well-being. We aim to ensure more complete coverage of this important area in psychology courses.
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- William Tov
- School of Social Sciences, Singapore Management University
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- Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, Okanagan
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- Department of Psychology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City.,The Gallup Organization, Washington, D.C
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Ji E, Son LK, Kim MS. Emotion Perception Rules Abide by Cultural Display Rules. Exp Psychol 2022; 69:83-103. [PMID: 35929473 DOI: 10.1027/1618-3169/a000550] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The current study compared emotion perception in two cultures where display rules for emotion expression deviate. In Experiment 1, participants from America and Korea played a repeated prisoner's dilemma game with a counterpart, who was, in actuality, a programmed defector. Emotion expressions were exchanged via emoticons at the end of every round. After winning more points by defecting, the counterpart sent either a matching emoticon (a joyful face) or a mismatching emoticon (a regretful face). The results showed that Americans in the matching condition were more likely to defect, or to punish, compared to those in the mismatching condition, suggesting that more weight was given to their counterpart's joyful expression. This difference was smaller for Koreans, suggesting a higher disregard for the outward expression. In a second, supplementary experiment, we found that Korean participants were more likely to cooperate in the mismatching or regretful condition, when they thought their counterpart was a Westerner. Overall, our data suggest that emotion perception rules abide by the display rules of one's culture but are also influenced by the counterpart's culture.
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- Eunhee Ji
- Biomedical Institute for Convergence at SKKU (BICS), Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea.,Department of Psychology, Yonsei University, South Korea
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- Department of Psychology, Barnard College, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Yonsei University, South Korea
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Arshad M, Chung JM. Practical recommendations for considering culture, race, and ethnicity in personality psychology. SOCIAL AND PERSONALITY PSYCHOLOGY COMPASS 2022. [DOI: 10.1111/spc3.12656] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Memoona Arshad
- Department of Psychology York University Toronto Ontario Canada
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- Department of Psychology University of Toronto Mississauga Ontario Canada
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Xi Y, Zhou L, Wang Y. The Construction of Positive Social Psychology During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Exploring the Relationship Between Social Support and Peace of Mind Through a Three-Wave Longitudinal Cross-Lag Study. Front Psychol 2021; 12:631748. [PMID: 34764897 PMCID: PMC8576327 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.631748] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2020] [Accepted: 09/24/2021] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has sparked a major global crisis that has infected public social mentality. Drawing on the concept of peace of mind (PoM), a culture-specific positive emotion construct developed in the Chinese cultural context, this study explored the ways to build a positive public social mentality in the time of the pandemic. PoM is indicative of a calm and stable emotional state marked by self-control and spiritual cultivation and is believed to align with the perceptions of subjective well-being in Chinese or eastern cultures. A three-wave cross-lag study using an online questionnaire survey was conducted on 107 employees in Chinese enterprises during the pandemic. The research findings suggest that social support had a significant positive time-cross effect on later PoM, i.e., social support-T1 had a significant predictive effect on PoM-T2 (β = 0.16, SE = 0.09, p < 0.05) and social support-T2 had a significant predictive effect on PoM-T3 (β = 0.38, SE = 0.19, p < 0.05), whereas PoM failed to show a positive time-cross effect on later social support, i.e., the predictive effects of PoM-T1 on social support-T2 (β = 0.04, SE = 0.07, p > 0.05) and of PoM-T2 on social support-T3 (β = 0.13, SE = 0.09, p > 0.05) were not significant. This study provided a dynamic picture of the construction of public social mentality in the time of public health emergencies and also contributed to the research on PoM antecedents.
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- Yiheng Xi
- Department of Labor and Human Relations, Renmin University of China, Beijing, China
- Department of Political Science, Faculty of Social Sciences and Solvay Business School, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Linguistics and Literary Studies, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Economics and Management, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, China
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Neoh MJY, Carollo A, Bonassi A, Mulatti C, Lee A, Esposito G. A cross-cultural study of the effect of parental bonding on the perception and response to criticism in Singapore, Italy and USA. PLoS One 2021; 16:e0257888. [PMID: 34591898 PMCID: PMC8483350 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0257888] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2021] [Accepted: 09/10/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Parents play a primary and crucial role in emotional socialisation processes in children where individuals learn the expression, understanding and regulation of emotions. Parenting practices and dimensions of the parent-child relationship have been associated with social and emotional processes in children. As criticism involves negative emotional reactions and emotion regulation, the parent-child relationship is likely to influence an individual's perception and response to criticism. Hence, the present study investigated the relationship of parental bonding and the perception and response to criticism in three different countries-Singapore, Italy and USA. Adult participants (n = 444) completed the Parental Bonding Inventory (PBI) and measures of criticism. Parental care, overprotection and country were found to be significant predictors of a tendency to perceive criticism as destructive. Higher levels of parental care predicted a lower tendency to perceive criticism as destructive while higher levels of parental overprotection predicted a higher tendency to perceive criticism as destructive. US American participants were found to have a significantly higher tendency to perceive criticism as destructive compared to Italian and Singaporean participants. The findings align with past research on the role of the parent-child relationship in the socio-emotional development of children as well as providing insight into a specific aspect in social interaction; perception and response to criticism, being affected. Future studies can look to investigate this relationship further in different countries in light of cultural variation in parenting styles and emotion experience, expression and regulation.
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- Michelle Jin Yee Neoh
- Psychology Program, School of Social Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Psychology and Cognitive Science, University of Trento, Rovereto, Italy
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- Department of Psychology and Cognitive Science, University of Trento, Rovereto, Italy
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- Department of Psychology and Cognitive Science, University of Trento, Rovereto, Italy
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- Psychology Program, School of Social Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore
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- Psychology Program, School of Social Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore
- Department of Psychology and Cognitive Science, University of Trento, Rovereto, Italy
- Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore
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Joo M, Lam BCP, Cross SE, Chen SX, Lau VCY, Ng HKY, Günsoy C. Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Self-Change in Close Relationships: Evidence From Hong Kong Chinese and European Americans. PERSONALITY AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY BULLETIN 2021; 48:1118-1133. [PMID: 34247531 DOI: 10.1177/01461672211026129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Three studies examined cultural perceptions of self-change in romantic relationships. In Study 1 (N = 191), Chinese participants perceived hypothetical couples who changed for the sake of the relationship to have better relationship quality than couples who did not, compared to European American participants. In Study 2 (N = 396), Chinese individuals in a dating relationship were more likely to perceive that they had changed in the relationship, and self-change was a stronger predictor of relationship quality for them than for American dating individuals. In Study 3 (N = 115 dyads), Chinese married couples perceived greater self-change, and their perceived self-change was due in part to higher endorsement of dutiful adjustment beliefs than American couples. Self-change was a stronger predictor of relationship quality for Chinese married couples than American couples. Our studies provide support for cultural differences in the role of self-change in romantic relationships, which have implications for partner regulation and relationship counseling across cultures.
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Heiphetz L, Oishi S. Viewing Development Through the Lens of Culture: Integrating Developmental and Cultural Psychology to Better Understand Cognition and Behavior. PERSPECTIVES ON PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE 2021; 17:62-77. [PMID: 34233130 DOI: 10.1177/1745691620980725] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Although many definitions of culture exist, studies in psychology typically conceptualize different cultures as different countries. In this article, we argue that cultural psychology also provides a useful lens through which to view developmental milestones. Like other forms of culture, different developmental milestones are demarcated by shared values and language as well as transmission of particular social norms. Viewing development through the lens of cultural psychology sheds light on questions of particular interest to cultural psychologists, such as those concerning the emergence of new cultures and the role of culture in shaping psychological processes. This novel framework also clarifies topics of particular interest to developmental psychology, such as conflict between individuals at different milestones (e.g., arguments between older and younger siblings) and age-related changes in cognition and behavior.
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Fan L, Duan Q, Luo S. Symphony of Well-Being: Harmony Between Neural Variability and Self-Construal. Front Hum Neurosci 2021; 15:679086. [PMID: 34276327 PMCID: PMC8278332 DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2021.679086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2021] [Accepted: 06/07/2021] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Both neural activities and psychological processes vary over time. Individuals with interdependent self-construal tend to define themselves and adjust their behaviors to social contexts and others. The current research tested the hypothesis that the coordination between interdependent self-construal and neural variability could predict life satisfaction changes in university freshmen. We integrated resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging scanning and self-construal assessment to estimate self-dependent neural variability (SDNV). In the whole-brain prediction, SDNV successfully predicted individuals’ life satisfaction changes over 2 years. Interdependent individuals with higher neural variability and independent individuals with lower neural variability became more satisfied with their lives. In the network-based prediction, the predictive effects were significant in the default mode, frontoparietal control, visual and salience networks. The important nodes that contributed to the predictive models were more related to psychological constructs associated with the social and self-oriented functions. The current research sheds light on the neural and psychological mechanisms of the subjective well-being of individuals from a dynamic perspective.
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- Leyi Fan
- Department of Psychology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Social Cognitive Neuroscience and Mental Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.,Department of Psychology, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Brain Function and Disease, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Psychology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Social Cognitive Neuroscience and Mental Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.,Department of Psychology, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Brain Function and Disease, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Psychology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Social Cognitive Neuroscience and Mental Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.,Department of Psychology, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Brain Function and Disease, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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Nam Y, Chen JM. Are you one of us: Investigating cultural differences in determining group membership. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.2797] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Yeseul Nam
- Department of Psychology University of Utah Salt Lake City Utah USA
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Beckmann N, Birney DP, Minbashian A, Beckmann JF. Personality dynamics at work: The effects of form, time, and context of variability. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PERSONALITY 2021. [DOI: 10.1177/08902070211017341] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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The study aimed to investigate the status of within-person state variability in neuroticism and conscientiousness as individual differences constructs by exploring their (a) temporal stability, (b) cross-context consistency, (c) empirical links to selected antecedents, and (d) empirical links to longer term trait variability. Employing a sample of professionals ( N = 346) from Australian organisations, personality state data together with situation appraisals were collected using experience sampling methodology in field and repeatedly in lab-like settings. Data on personality traits, cognitive ability, and motivational mindsets were collected at baseline and after two years. Contingent (situation contingencies) and non-contingent (relative SD) state variability indices were relatively stable over time and across contexts. Only a small number of predictive effects of state variability were observed, and these differed across contexts. Cognitive ability appeared to be associated with state variability under lab-like conditions. There was limited evidence of links between short-term state and long-term trait variability, except for a small effect for neuroticism. Some evidence of positive manifold was found for non-contingent variability. Systematic efforts are required to further elucidate the complex pattern of results regarding the antecedents, correlates and outcomes of individual differences in state variability.
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- School of Management and Governance, UNSW Business School, UNSW Sydney, Australia
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Chishima Y, Nagamine M. Unpredictable Changes: Different Effects of Derailment on Well-Being Between North American and East Asian Samples. JOURNAL OF HAPPINESS STUDIES 2021; 22:3457-3478. [PMID: 33716559 PMCID: PMC7938291 DOI: 10.1007/s10902-021-00375-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/18/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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UNLABELLED Some individuals experience the feeling that they have become a person they had not anticipated. The life path they had expected to take is not consonant with the one they are taking in reality. This perception of "off-course" in identity and self-direction is referred to as derailment. Although previous studies have postulated and demonstrated that derailment causes a low level of well-being, no studies have examined its existence and effect across cultures. We hypothesized that East Asians (Japanese) are less vulnerable to feeling derailed than North Americans (Canadians/Americans), and that those Japanese who feel derailed do not necessarily experience long-term damage to their well-being. Two correlational studies and one longitudinal study with a one-year interval supported these hypotheses and also demonstrated metric invariance of the Derailment Scale between countries. We discuss that these findings may be explained by East Asian's dialectical thinking, in which the perception of one's life direction is flexible. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION The online version contains supplementary material available at (10.1007/s10902-021-00375-4).
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- Yuta Chishima
- Faculty of Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, 3058572 Japan
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- Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
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Senzaki S, Shimizu Y, Calma-Birling D. The development of temperament and maternal perception of child: A cross-cultural examination in the United States and Japan. PERSONALITY AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES 2021; 170:110407. [PMID: 33281256 PMCID: PMC7717517 DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2020.110407] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Previous research shows cross-cultural differences in adult personality and child temperament, yet the developmental origin of these cultural differences remains unclear. To understand a potential role of socialization grounded in cultural values, this study investigated culturally specific maternal perceptions of child and children's development of temperament in the U.S. and Japan. Maternal perception of child was assessed via maternal interview in the U.S. (n = 42) and Japan (n = 40). Six months after the interview, child's temperament was assessed. Cross-cultural differences in maternal perception of child and child's temperament, and the relation between the two were analyzed. US-American infants scored higher on the surgency/extraversion trait than Japanese infants, whereas Japanese infants scored higher on the negative affectivity/neuroticism trait than US-American infants. US-American mothers used more positive evaluation and private/autonomy descriptions of their infants, whereas Japanese mothers used more negative evaluation and context-specific descriptions of their infants by making references to other people, time, or location. Child's negative affectivity trait was closely related to maternal perception of child's social/context characteristics and negative evaluations. The findings provide support for the socio-cultural framework of temperament development and suggest an important consideration of cultural factors when designing educational and parenting programs.
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- Sawa Senzaki
- University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, Department of Psychology, 2420 Nicolet Drive MAC C315, Green Bay, WI 54311, USA
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- Saitama University, Faculty of Education, Saitama, Saitama Prefecture 338-8570, Japan
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- University of Minnesota, Institute of Child Development, 51 E River Parkway, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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Moza D, Lawrie SI, Maricuțoiu LP, Gavreliuc A, Kim HS. Not All Forms of Independence Are Created Equal: Only Being Independent the "Right Way" Is Associated With Self-Esteem and Life Satisfaction. Front Psychol 2021; 11:606354. [PMID: 33551919 PMCID: PMC7860977 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.606354] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2020] [Accepted: 12/04/2020] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Past research has found a strong and positive association between the independent self-construal and life satisfaction, mediated through self-esteem, in both individualistic and collectivistic cultures. In Study 1, we collected data from four countries (the United States, Japan, Romania, and Hungary; N = 736) and replicated these findings in cultures which have received little attention in past research. In Study 2, we treated independence as a multifaceted construct and further examined its relationship with self-esteem and life satisfaction using samples from the United States and Romania (N = 370). Different ways of being independent are associated with self-esteem and life satisfaction in the two cultures, suggesting that it is not independence as a global concept that predicts self-esteem and life satisfaction, but rather, feeling independent in culturally appropriate ways is a signal that one’s way of being fits in and is valued in one’s context.
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- Daniela Moza
- Department of Psychology, West University of Timişoara, Timișoara, Romania
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- Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, United States
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- Department of Psychology, West University of Timişoara, Timișoara, Romania
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- Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, United States
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Derailment within the landscape of psychopathology. Curr Opin Psychol 2021; 41:21-27. [PMID: 33662865 DOI: 10.1016/j.copsyc.2021.01.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2020] [Revised: 12/21/2020] [Accepted: 01/29/2021] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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When perceived changes in course occur, individuals can be left feeling disconnected from who they were in the past. This sensation of being 'off-course' in life is an individual difference we call 'derailment.' In this article, we review derailment's unique contribution to the psychological literature, the role of perceived self and identity change in mental health, and the nuanced association between derailment and depression. Although depression has been emphasized in research to date, we argue for derailment's role in other types of mental illness, motivating several exciting directions for future work. For the pervasiveness of identity in our everyday lives, the study of derailment confers opportunities for better understanding the experience of psychopathology and approaching its treatment.
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Gandhi A, Luyckx K, Adhikari A, Parmar D, Desousa A, Shah N, Maitra S, Claes L. Non-suicidal self-injury and its association with identity formation in India and Belgium: A cross-cultural case-control study. Transcult Psychiatry 2021; 58:52-62. [PMID: 32873190 DOI: 10.1177/1363461520933759] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The aim of the present study was to compare different features of Non-Suicidal Self-Injury (NSSI) in India and Belgium. We also explored whether the strength of the association between NSSI and disturbances in identity formation-a risk factor that can increase vulnerability to NSSI-was similar in young adults from India and Belgium. Data regarding NSSI and identity formation were collected from 182 young adults in India (56% females, mean age = 21.5 years, SD = 3.70, range = 17-38 years). The Belgian data used for matching were derived from four existing datasets. Of the 182 Indian cases, 138 cases could be matched with the Belgian sample on age, gender, and lifetime prevalence of NSSI. Lifetime prevalence of NSSI in the Indian sample was found to be around 21.4%, with higher prevalence in females than in males. Comparison of features of NSSI in India and Belgium indicated that the age of onset of NSSI was higher in the Indian sample (around 17 years) than the Belgian sample (around 15 years). Additionally, self-bruising behavior was more commonly reported in India and scratching/cutting was more often reported in Belgium. Finally, the Belgian sample reported intra-personal functions of NSSI more often than the Indian sample. Moderation analysis indicated that the associations between NSSI and identity confusion/integration were stronger in the Belgian sample compared to the Indian sample. Higher self-knowledge was protective against NSSI in both the Indian and the Belgian sample.
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- Amarendra Gandhi
- Leuven Biostatistics and Statistical Bioinformatics Centre (L-BioStat), Department of Public Health and Primary Care, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Research Unit for School Psychology and Development in Context, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium UNIBS, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa
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- Department of Psychiatry, Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Psychiatry, Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Psychiatry, Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Psychiatry, Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College, Mumbai, India
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- School of Social Work, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, India
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- Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.,Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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Church AT. Prospects for an integrated trait and cultural psychology. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PERSONALITY 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/per.700] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Church (2000) discussed a possible integration of trait and cultural psychology perspectives, two dominant theoretical approaches in the study of culture and personality. In this article, I summarise the results of cross‐cultural studies we have conducted to test elements of this integrated perspective, discuss prospects for an integrated approach, and note future research needs. The studies address the measurement of implicit theories regarding the traitedness versus contextuality of behaviour; culture, method, and the content of self‐concepts; culture and explanations of everyday behaviours; accuracy and self‐enhancement in trait assessments; cross‐role consistency and its relation to adjustment; and cross‐situational consistency and trait prediction of daily behaviour. Our results, and those of other researchers, indicate that an integration of trait and cultural psychology perspectives has potential. However, some findings suggest that cultural psychology hypotheses may be more consistently supported in comparisons of Americans with selected Asian cultures than in comparisons of individualistic and collectivistic cultures more generally. Thus, an integrated perspective may need to be recast using theoretical perspectives that go beyond individualism–collectivism. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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- A. Timothy Church
- Department of Educational Leadership and Counseling Psychology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA
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Datu JAD, Zhang J. Validating the Chinese Version of Triarchic Model of Grit Scale in Technical–Vocational College Students. JOURNAL OF PSYCHOEDUCATIONAL ASSESSMENT 2020. [DOI: 10.1177/0734282920974813] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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The Triarchic Model of Grit Scale (TMGS), a measure that assesses individuals’ dispositions to show perseverance, passion (or consistency of interests) , and adaptability for long-term goals, had acceptable psychometric properties in Filipino student samples. However, there is scant evidence on the validity of this scale in other societies. This research explored the psychometric validity of the Chinese version of TMGS in selected technical–vocational college students in Shenzen, China. Results demonstrated that the scores from the three-factor model of grit were valid and reliable. In addition, whereas perseverance and adaptability were linked to increased life satisfaction and positive emotions, consistency was not related to such criterion variables. Further, perseverance and adaptability were associated with lower negative emotions, while consistency was linked to increased levels of undesirable emotions.
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Webb H, Jobson L. Relationships between self‐consistency, trauma‐centred identity, and post‐traumatic adjustment. CLIN PSYCHOL-UK 2020. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-9552.2011.00028.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Heather Webb
- School of Medicine, Health Policy and Practice, University of East Anglia, Norwich, England
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- School of Medicine, Health Policy and Practice, University of East Anglia, Norwich, England
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Chan H, Tam K. Exploring the association between climate change concern and mitigation behaviour between societies: A person‐context interaction approach. ASIAN JOURNAL OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY 2020. [DOI: 10.1111/ajsp.12430] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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- Hoi‐Wing Chan
- The Chinese University of Hong Kong Shat Tin,New Territories Hong Kong
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- The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Clear Water Bay Kowloon Hong Kong
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Emotion regulation and job stress: The mediating effect of relationship quality in the US and Korean samples. CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY 2020. [DOI: 10.1007/s12144-018-9997-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Shalala N, Tan J, Biberdzic M. The mediating role of identity disturbance in the relationship between emotion dysregulation, executive function deficits, and maladaptive personality traits. PERSONALITY AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2020.110004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Christner N, Pletti C, Paulus M. Emotion understanding and the moral self-concept as motivators of prosocial behavior in middle childhood. COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cogdev.2020.100893] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Deng K, Wong YJ, Li JPF, McCullough KM. Dialectical coping and well-being among Chinese college students: the mediating role of resilience. COUNSELLING PSYCHOLOGY QUARTERLY 2020. [DOI: 10.1080/09515070.2020.1783641] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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- Kuo Deng
- Department of Counseling and Educational Psychology, Indiana University Bloomington, Bloomington, IN, USA
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- Department of Counseling and Educational Psychology, Indiana University Bloomington, Bloomington, IN, USA
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- Department of Counseling and Educational Psychology, Indiana University Bloomington, Bloomington, IN, USA
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- Department of Counseling and Educational Psychology, Indiana University Bloomington, Bloomington, IN, USA
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Chiao JY, Li SC, Turner R, Lee-Tauler SY. Cultural neuroscience and the research domain criteria: Implications for global mental health. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 2020; 116:109-119. [PMID: 32540352 DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2020.06.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2020] [Revised: 04/13/2020] [Accepted: 06/02/2020] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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A comprehensive understanding of the basic molecular and cellular mechanisms of the brain is important for the scientific discovery of root causes, risk and protective factors for mental disorders in global mental health. Systematic research in cultural neuroscience within the research domain criteria (RDoC) framework investigates the fundamental biobehavioral dimensions and observable behavior across cultures. Cultural dimensions are characterized in elements of circuit-based mechanisms and behavior across a range of analysis. Research approaches in cultural neuroscience within the RDoC framework advance the evidence-based resources for the development and implementation of cures, preventions and interventions to mental disorders in global mental health. This review presents a novel synthesis of foundations in cultural neuroscience within the research domain criteria framework to advance integrative, translational efforts in discovery and delivery science of mental disorders across cultural contexts in global mental health.
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- Joan Y Chiao
- International Cultural Neuroscience Consortium, Highland Park, IL, USA.
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- Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany; Centre for Tactile Internet with Human-in-the-Loop, TU Dresden, Germany
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Ebrahimi M, Kouchaki M, Patrick VM. Juggling work and home selves: Low identity integration feels less authentic and increases unethicality. ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR AND HUMAN DECISION PROCESSES 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.obhdp.2019.02.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Self-concept, post-traumatic self-appraisals and post-traumatic psychological adjustment: what are the relationships? Behav Cogn Psychother 2020; 48:463-480. [PMID: 32301403 DOI: 10.1017/s1352465820000156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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BACKGROUND Cognitive models of post-traumatic psychological adjustment have implicated both self-concept and self-appraisals in post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Two studies investigated the relationship between self-concept and trauma-related self-appraisals, and whether culture influenced this relationship. METHOD In Study 1, a student sample (Asian n = 41, British n = 34) who self-identified as having been through a trauma or extremely stressful event completed measures of self-concept, trauma-related self-appraisals and trauma-related distress. Study 2 extended this by asking Asian (n = 47) and British (n = 48) trauma survivors with and without PTSD to complete the same self measures as those administered in Study 1. RESULTS Study 1 found that overall for the British group, disruptions in self-concept (i.e. self-discrepancies and trauma-themed self-concept) correlated significantly with negative self, world and self-blame appraisals and depression. However, the same was not found in the Asian group. Study 2 found that pan-culturally those with PTSD had greater self-discrepancies and trauma-defined self-concept than those without PTSD. Additionally, pan-culturally, trauma-defined self-concept correlated significantly with negative self appraisals and depression; ideal self-discrepancies correlated significantly with negative self-appraisals across cultures and depression for the British group; while ought self-discrepancies correlated significantly with negative world appraisals for the Asian group and negative self and self-blame appraisals for the British. Lastly, negative self, world and self-blame appraisals correlated with symptoms of depression. CONCLUSIONS Taken together, the findings relay the important associations between appraisals, self-concept and post-traumatic psychological adjustment.
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Willard AK, McNamara RA. The Minds of God(s) and Humans: Differences in Mind Perception in Fiji and North America. Cogn Sci 2020; 43. [PMID: 30648803 PMCID: PMC6590269 DOI: 10.1111/cogs.12703] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2017] [Revised: 10/15/2018] [Accepted: 10/29/2018] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Previous research suggests that how people conceive of minds depends on the culture in which they live, both in determining how they interact with other human minds and how they infer the unseen minds of gods. We use exploratory factor analysis to compare how people from different societies with distinct models of human minds and different religious traditions perceive the minds of humans and gods. In two North American samples (American adults, N = 186; Canadian students, N = 202), we replicated a previously found two-factor agency/experience structure for both human and divine minds, but in Fijian samples (Indigenous iTaukei Fijians, N = 77; Fijians of Indian descent, N = 214; total N = 679) we found a three-factor structure, with the additional containing items related to social relationships. Further, Fijians' responses revealed a different three-factor structure for human minds and gods' minds. We used these factors as dimensions in the conception of minds to predict (a) expectations about human and divine tendencies towards punishment and reward; and (b) conception of gods as more embodied (an extension of experience) or more able to know people's thoughts (an extension of agency). We found variation in how these factors predict conceptions of agents across groups, indicating further theory is needed to explain how culturally generated concepts of mind lead to other sorts of social inferences. We conclude that mind perception is shaped by culturally defined social expectations and recommend further work in different cultural contexts to examine the interplay between culture and social cognition.
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- Aiyana K Willard
- Centre for Culture and Evolution, Brunel University London.,Institute of Cognitive and Evolutionary Anthropology, University of Oxford
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Inter-individual differences in intra-individual variability in personality within and across contexts. JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN PERSONALITY 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2019.103909] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Vaingankar JA, Chong SA, Abdin E, Siva Kumar FD, Chua BY, Sambasivam R, Shafie S, Jeyagurunathan A, Seow E, Subramaniam M. Understanding the relationships between mental disorders, self-reported health outcomes and positive mental health: findings from a national survey. Health Qual Life Outcomes 2020; 18:55. [PMID: 32131837 PMCID: PMC7057535 DOI: 10.1186/s12955-020-01308-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2019] [Accepted: 02/26/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The link between mental illness and mental health is gaining focus in research and practice. This study aimed to investigate the association of mental disorders with positive mental health (PMH), overall health and quality of life. In addition, the role of PMH in mediating the relationships between mental disorders and health outcomes was assessed. METHODS The study sample comprised 2270 residents aged 18 years and above who participated in a nationally representative, cross-sectional survey estimating the lifetime prevalence of mood, anxiety and alcohol use disorders, and health outcomes (self-reported overall health, quality of life and PMH) in Singapore. The Positive Mental Health Instrument was used to estimate the level of Total PMH among the respondents with and without mental disorders. Associations between mental disorders and health outcomes were assessed through regression models. Path analyses were conducted to investigate mediating role of PMH. RESULTS Total PMH (Mean ± SD) was significantly lower among individuals having any of the studied lifetime mental disorders (4.23 ± 0.64 versus 4.50 ± 0.67 among those without these disorders). Although having a mood or anxiety disorder was associated with significantly lower Total PMH even after controlling for socio-demographic characteristics, similar relationship was not observed for alcohol use disorders. History of any mental disorders was also associated with lower overall health and quality of life. Total PMH mediated the relationships between mental disorders and overall health and quality of life by reducing the effect sizes for the associations between mental disorders and these health outcomes. CONCLUSIONS Mental disorders were associated with poor health outcomes in affected individuals. This study showed that PMH can mediate the relationships between mental disorders and health outcomes, and act as an underlying mechanism to improve overall health and quality of life in individuals with mental disorders. Findings thus highlight the significance of incorporating mental health promotion and interventions in clinical populations.
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- Janhavi Ajit Vaingankar
- Research Division, Institute of Mental Health, 10 Buangkok View, Singapore, 539747, Singapore.
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- Research Division, Institute of Mental Health, 10 Buangkok View, Singapore, 539747, Singapore
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- Research Division, Institute of Mental Health, 10 Buangkok View, Singapore, 539747, Singapore
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- Research Division, Institute of Mental Health, 10 Buangkok View, Singapore, 539747, Singapore
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- Research Division, Institute of Mental Health, 10 Buangkok View, Singapore, 539747, Singapore
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- Research Division, Institute of Mental Health, 10 Buangkok View, Singapore, 539747, Singapore
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- Research Division, Institute of Mental Health, 10 Buangkok View, Singapore, 539747, Singapore
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- Research Division, Institute of Mental Health, 10 Buangkok View, Singapore, 539747, Singapore
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- Research Division, Institute of Mental Health, 10 Buangkok View, Singapore, 539747, Singapore
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- Research Division, Institute of Mental Health, 10 Buangkok View, Singapore, 539747, Singapore
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Haas BW, vanDellen MR. Culture Is Associated With the Experience of Long-Term Self-Concept Changes. SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PERSONALITY SCIENCE 2020. [DOI: 10.1177/1948550619893966] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Cultural context can affect how changes in self-concepts are either valued or tolerated. However, very little is currently known regarding how culture may differentially confer consequences to people that change their self-concepts over the course of several years. We investigated the moderating role of culture (Japan and USA) on the link between long-term (∼4 years) self-concept changes and a comprehensive set of well-being measures (hedonic, eudaimonic, and family based). We found that American’s self-concept instability was more negatively associated with one’s well-being and emotional support within one’s family than Japanese. Furthermore, Americans were particularly negatively impacted when they became less agentic and conscientious over time. One possible interpretation is that Western, individualistic cultures may discourage people from changing their identities throughout their adult life. Although American culture often espouses the sanctity of freedom, American culture may also limit people’s freedom to change how they see themselves over time.
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- Brian W. Haas
- Department of Psychology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA
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Boucher HC. Social class and self-concept consistency: Implications for subjective well-being and felt authenticity. SELF AND IDENTITY 2020. [DOI: 10.1080/15298868.2020.1726443] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Sun S, Pachankis JE, Li X, Operario D. Addressing Minority Stress and Mental Health among Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM) in China. Curr HIV/AIDS Rep 2020; 17:35-62. [PMID: 31950336 PMCID: PMC7050812 DOI: 10.1007/s11904-019-00479-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW Men who have sex with men (MSM) in China experience elevated risks of mental health issues in comparison to the general population in China, which contribute to vulnerability to HIV/STI risks and can comprise the effectiveness of HIV prevention efforts. A conceptual framework for understanding this mental health disparity is minority stress theory, which posits that experiences of external prejudice events (i.e., distal stressors) and internal stress processes such as internalized homophobia and concealment (i.e., proximal stressors) contribute to sexual minorities' elevated risk of psychological distress. To deepen the understanding of mental health among Chinese MSM and explore the potential utility of minority stress theory in this population, this paper synthesizes research evidence regarding prevalent mental health issues as well as how minority stress may be linked to psychological health in Chinese MSM. RECENT FINDINGS Results indicate that Chinese MSM experience a high prevalence of several mental health issues including depression, anxiety, suicidal behaviors, and alcohol dependence. This review further reveals minority stress to be an important determinant of psychological distress among Chinese MSM, though evidence is mixed regarding the relationship between proximal minority stress and psychological health. Nonetheless, there is a lack of mental health services and interventions focusing on MSM in China. Culturally relevant, competent, and LGBT-affirmative mental health interventions are needed for Chinese MSM. To guide future intervention research, we provide considerations for reducing minority stress and promoting psychological health among Chinese MSM.
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- Shufang Sun
- Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown University Alpert Medical School, 167 Point St, Providence, RI, 02906, USA.
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- Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Department of Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior, University of South Carolina Arnold School of Public Health, Columbia, SC, 29208, USA
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- Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Brown School of Public Health, Providence, RI, USA
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Choi I, Cha O. Cross-Cultural Examination of the False Consensus Effect. Front Psychol 2020; 10:2747. [PMID: 31920804 PMCID: PMC6917617 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02747] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2018] [Accepted: 11/21/2019] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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This study explored the cultural differences in the false consensus effect (FCE) between Koreans and European Americans. Two studies adopted a traditional false consensus paradigm and investigated the relative magnitude of the FCE between the two cultures in three different categories of personal choices (Study 1) and behavioral choices involving hypothetical conflict situations (Study 2). The FCE was observed in both the cultures and the effect tended to be stronger among Koreans than European Americans. However, the results from Study 1 also demonstrated that this cultural effect depends on the domain of choices. Cultural implications were discussed.
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- Incheol Choi
- Department of Psychology, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
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- School of Business Administration, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, South Korea
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Assessing the Similarity of Injunctive Norm Profiles Across Different Social Roles: The Effect of Closeness and Status in the United States and China. JOURNAL OF CROSS-CULTURAL PSYCHOLOGY 2019. [DOI: 10.1177/0022022119871357] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Do social roles affect injunctive norms for behavior and more so in Chinese than American cultural contexts? We use mixed methods to analyze open-ended data describing appropriate behavior within social roles that differ in interpersonal closeness and relative status. American ( N = 401) and Chinese ( N = 392) participants provided descriptions of ideal behavior of two actors in one of 16 role dyads. The 2,219 (American) and 1,466 (Chinese) behavior descriptions were coded into 71 content categories, forming profiles of appropriate behavior for six social roles (Close/Distant × Low/Equal/High status). First, we adapt a method for assessing profile similarity in personality psychology to quantitatively evaluate how closeness and status affect similarity between the six social roles. By separating profiles into normative (average behavior) and distinctive (behavior specific to a particular social role) components, we find that distinctive behavioral profiles for specific social roles vary systematically by closeness/status in both American and Chinese data; we also find a larger effect of closeness in Chinese data. Second, we qualitatively analyze the content of the distinctive behavioral profiles through the lens of the rapport management model, showing how rights and obligations associated with each role vary, and finding cultural differences in which behaviors appropriately manage these expectations. Quantitative findings emphasize the cross-cultural importance of interpersonal situations for determining appropriate behavior, with some evidence for a greater effect in Chinese culture; qualitative results reveal the culturally specific ways in which relational situations direct expectations for behavior.
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